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Karla Sofia Gascón ought to be in a celebratory temper lately, having not too long ago grow to be the primary overtly transgender actress to be nominated for the Finest Actress Academy Award.
Nevertheless, the Emila Perez star has as an alternative come underneath excessive hearth of late for quite a few social media messages which have been dug up over the previous a number of days.
For instance…
In a message responding to the 2021 Academy Awards ceremony, Gascón wrote in a translated publish:
“More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala.”
Additionally…
In a since-deleted publish from 2020, the actress allegedly wrote:
“Is it just my impression or are there more muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Next year instead of English we’ll have to teach Arabic.”
Gascón deleted her X account after garnering backlash for these opinions.
The Emilia Pérez actress additionally issued an apology for the inflammatory Tweets… and has now informed The Hollywood Reporter that the scrutiny has gone far past just a few damaging phrases about her on-line.
“I’m sorry, but I can no longer allow this campaign of hate and misinformation to affect me and my family, so at their request I am closing my account on X,” the 52-year outdated informed this outlet within the assertion.
“I have been threatened with death, insulted, abused and harassed to the point of exhaustion. I have a wonderful daughter to protect, whom I love madly and who supports me in everything.”
The actress beforehand expressed regret for any “pain” her earlier message brought about, and added her to The Hollywood Reporter:
“I have defended each and every one of the minorities in this world and supported any event against racism, freedom of religion or homophobia, in the same way that I have criticized the hypocrisy that underlies them, because the first thing I am self-critical of is myself.”
She concluded as follows:
“Perhaps my words are not correct, many times due to ignorance or pure mistake. I apologize again if anyone has ever felt offended or in the future. I am a human being who also made, makes and will make mistakes from which I will learn. I am not perfect.”
